Recent content by berniethebolt

You cannot have a black and white standard that involves measurement without specifying error bounds. However this conversation has ceased to have any real purpose.

Absolutely. That is why any consideration of whether the ball is "on the line" is meaningless for all practical purposes.

These are all obviously good methods of deciding whether the ball is in or out of bounds but on the edge? How much leeway do you allow for movement of your fishing line/dental floss etc? 1 millimetre? 1 micrometre? On the edge is an impossible decision as no measurement is exact, just as...

Indeed hence my suggestion that the first statement is, on its own, definitive - "outside the boundary edge" clearly does not include "on the boundary edge". But dare I suggest that consideration of a ball "touching the boundary edge" is splitting hairs. One can talk about a tangent "touching a...

Once you have pointed out the full wording of the rule then the situation became quite clear and obvious. But I must say that it is hard to see how the second part adds anything but potential confusion to the first - as happened in the incident I posted. Surely A ball at rest is out of bounds...

Yes indeed. Thank you.

(2) When Ball Is Out of Bounds. A ball at rest is out of bounds only when all of it is outside the boundary edge of the course. A ball is in bounds when any part of the ball: Lies on or touches the ground or anything else .... inside the boundary edge, or .... The ball was on the white line...

Fair enough.

Yes but what about the 99% of cases when there is no referee!!

Thank you. I suppose the definition as to what makes a rut "deep" is a matter of opinion!

In what way is 3 not allowable?

What about a direction indicating post in the middle of the fairway?

Bear in mind that the Rules did not come down from Mt. Sinai carved in stone. They are the result of many people over many years trying to make “fair” regulations while often walking a narrow line between what is ideal and what is practical. They have been changed many times as what was...

Who ever suggested that Golf is fair? Strange that we have a rule book umpteen pages long trying to prevent one player getting an unfair advantage over others. Perhaps it's just so some people can spend ages splitting hairs into ever smaller and smaller pieces and lose sight of what the rules...

Yes but I thought you were trying to make some interesting point rather than state the bleeding obvious!